<![CDATA[io9: crossover]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: crossover]]> http://io9.com/tag/crossover http://io9.com/tag/crossover <![CDATA[BSG Crosses Over Into CSI: OMG Or WTF?]]> Forensic porn CSI is heading to a sci-fi convention in an upcoming episode, but don't expect a rerun of Bones' recent below-par con experience; this time, there's an unexpected guest-star: Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ron Moore.

Moore won't be the only familiar face appearing on the show - Kate Vernon, AKA Ellen Tigh, has also been signed on to appear in next month's episode, "A Space Oddity". They'll both appear alongside "other surprise cameos for sci-fi fans," according to one of the episode's writers, David Weddle, who co-wrote the episode with fellow Battlestar alumnus Bradley Thompson (They're the two behind such BSG episodes as "Scar," "Exodus" and "Lay Down Your Burdens"). According to CSI producer Naren Shankar, the episode has "a bit of a Battlestar Galactica vibe to it." No surprise, even before you discover that another BSG veteran, director Michael Nankin, is helming it.

The episode is due to air April 16th.

'CSI' plots fraktastic 'Battlestar' crossover [EW.com]

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5165806&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jumper Teleporting Through Commercials]]> Advertising has gone so meta that only teleportation can explain it. In this ad, Jumper star Hayden Christensen uses his teleporting gift to throw himself into Serena Williams' computer ad. So basically he's leaping out of a commercial for the film, which is about teleporting mutants, and into an old ad for Hewlett Packard, starring Williams. It's a new mutant kind of advertising synergy, more like cross-cannibalism than cross-promotion. Be very scared. 'Jumper' ad leaps between products [Variety]

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